Topic: drowned

The Associated Press Divers in Seattle have recovered the body of a man who drove a stolen car off a dock and into the water. Police and fire rescue teams were called to the Ship Canal late Wednesday night after receiving reports that a Nissan Sentra had driven off a pier. Authorities say they saw a man…

A 55-year-old Woodinville man who worked as a nurse at Harborview Medical Center drowned Saturday when an inflatable raft capsized, dumping him into the frigid water off Cape Disappointment State Park. John Beaumeir was rafting with a friend off Benson Beach at the park near Ilwaco, said Pacific County Sheriff Scott Johnson. It was a sunny day,…

A two-year-old boy who wandered away from family members has drowned in a lake northeast of Olympia, authorities said. Sgt. Alvin Griffin with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said the boy had been playing with his older brother and cousin in a neighborhood near Clear Lake on Saturday morning when he disappeared. “They’re fast and inquisitive at that…

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